Does no gi rank transfer to gi? - Interview with Brent Littell

[@JK-ic1ot]

All I give a shit about is if my Jiujitsu translates to the streets where it really fucking matters..

[@josephgaray6933]

No gi then

[@j.johnson8360]

@@josephgaray6933no

[@bobbyboneboy325]

No-gi 100%

[@supernalbjj]

the real question is, "Is a black belt worth anything if a blue belt with some muay thai who trained bjj specificly for mma can beat the shit out of the black belt in a fight"

[@bman8882]

I don't think you need some Muay Thai but a lot to have success against a black belt in BJJ

[@michaelstrong4823]

To Gracie Barra nothing transfers ever. You have to train in their Gi and rash guard. You have to certify yourself with the IBJJF which is Carlinhos’, he changes the rules as he sees fit.

[@bigbobabc123]

Schools making people train in their own gi is fucking stupid. I live in a big city so have a lot of choice - I went to a famous school and they said you can’t train unless you wear their gi. Fucking stupid and culty martial arts bull shit.

[@kwak76]

I find that gi is harder to train with vs no gi. With gi it's allot of grip training..Where as no gi is just much more scrambling. To get good at both just means train both.

[@soulsrunner7476]

As a purple belt in no gi I 100% agree with this! Went from competing with black belts in no gi (also was a D2 wrestler) to getting spanked by blue belts in the GI when I first started the GI...

[@lukasg9031]

@@soulsrunner7476 why did you keep getting destroyed? Was it the gripping part?

[@christophertaylor3150]

It also depends on your personal gi style. A guy whose game is based on the lapel will likely have more difficulty in the nogi transition. MG as they mention is one of the most extreme examples of someone whose gi and nogi games are almost identical.

[@berzerkfury1459]

No gi = more scrambles, angles and levels. Gi = more grip fighting and positional control.

[@BrandonGiordano]

3:05 dropping facts. What a great point

[@seanknot]

yep good stuff. Get a blue belt in the Gi then go do No-Gi IMO

[@TwinEspi]

sean knot I’m thinking about making the transition to no Gi. 4 stripe blue here.

[@AleGaming14]

Angelo and Sean. Me too!! I'm a blue belt and want to go full no gi now....

[@BrocLarter]

That gi only black belt gets heel hooked by a white belt in no gi easily. I've seen it happen numerous times. Either both belts transfer or they don't.

[@LoveYou-xi1mh]

Why is it the more I learn no gi, the more I smash guys that are the same belt who only do gi?

[@PacinoXTC]

Brent dropping knowledge!

[@jordantabor503]

Can we see the comp footage?

[@soypinoy5251]

I was doing just strictly the go when i was a white belt for two years then i started doing no gi, my skills in the gi didn't transfer to no gi and i basically didn't know what to do, i felt like a brand new white belt

[@nickyryan777]

Ive been white belt training a total of 6 almost 7 years now consistently. I never put a gi on after my first year and never got another belt or stripe. Only gym anywhere near me though and i love jiu jitsu. I cant compete because i demolish white belts and im officially a white belt. Im basically a brown belt in disguise 😂😂😂😂. I really want to compete, but i dont want to stir any trouble with my gym or leave a bad taste so i just train enjoy jiu jitsu and respect the professor and his rules and honestly am just really so appreciative that i have a gym that im blessed to train in, maybe one day i will have some sort of option that allows me to start competing at my actual skill level.

[@ShanghaiBJJ]

Excellent stuff, really enjoyed his perspective on the matter.

[@lukerobinson9646]

this guy knows what he is talking about.

[@joeyripswell]

heavy emphasis on wrist control in nogi. for me that seems to be the trick. wrist control and feet on the hips when possible. nogi is fun and high paced. GI is opposite. i like to burn people out with grip and pressure(im only 150lbs). its a physics game. GI is my fav but nogi is more fun…if that makes sense lol

[@walkingcorpse1224]

I always tell people to just train Gi, I guess do once a week No-Gi, compete in both. I train most in the Gi, but when I do go in and train in No-Gi, it's still pretty easy for me. So I can't use collar chokes and my throws don't work and my Rat Guard reaquires me reaching for my leg since there's no belt to grab and everything's slippery, that's alright, I don't even feel like I adjust, I simply just do and adapt really easily. Someone who has never trained in the Gi always says the same thing to me "I can't move as fast, the I get stuck alot, it's harder to escape positions, I don't know any gi submissions." Etc... A gi from the Gi backround will usually say they're not used to this, they get over it and play with what they have. Plus I mean No-Gi is No-Gi, there's no belt in it, just like there's no belt in Boxing or Muay Thai, so would I consider someone who's "a black belt" In no-gi a black belt in the gi? Idk I'd have to roll with them, if they can get up to speed quickly enough then maybe they can just advance to the gi format and get a black belt, so simple answer is at first no, they gotta at least roll in the gi and compete and do well in the gi. That's my take on it and like I said, there's no gi anyways so therefore, there's no belt...

[@chubaokoye2791]

I dunno man I’ve trained for only about 3 months in no gi but whenever I spar with higher level guys who do mostly gi, I mostly dominate them in sparring, no gi obviously sparring obviously

[@JK-ic1ot]

Those guys you train was probably suck.. loll

[@healthywiseandfit]

Very interesting. Thank you for the input.

[@Hereweare75]

Love the hair do!

[@esconastynas]

Well said

[@SkanDogVids]

Going to check out a gi school tomorrow my worry is it not transferring over to real life the gentlemen on the right made it clear a gi BB would need a few months to catch up in no gi I won't have a few months in real life lol

[@Therealsusano91]

Going to a NoGi school and getting a BB and then going to a gi school and getting a BB is a huge journey. Why not get a BB at a school that does both every week?

[@outlawfly664]

"You have more options in gi bla bla". This concept is outdated just as the gi itself. Same myth that they for years insisted that you needed gi in order to get good at nogi until it was debunked. Yes you have more options on paper in gi, but not in practice given the fact that nogi is way more dynamic during sparring, faster paced, lack of stalling (unlike gi), never mind way more practical as a whole. Everything in nogi is transferable to gi (real grappling) and not the other way around, therefore nogi should be the default.

[@ifthatthenthis3797]

Here's a simple analogy we're playing chess help you in checkers Yes. Will plane checkers help you in chess yes but not as much

[@Aaron-sy5yx]

Neither rank transfers. They're different arts.

[@oneguy7202]

You like nogi then try Luta livre esportiva, bjj without gi is grappling or to be more specific is Luta livre( the original no gi art of Brazil for the poor kids that could afford a gi)

[@bellliberty4500]

Belts don't matter

[@realjaytruth]

So this guy doesn't believe an Eddie Bravo blackbelt is close to the same skill and knowledge as any other Gi black belt...lol ok. Judo and Jiujitsu as a comparison to Gi and No-Gi jiujitsu is also funny.

[@hammer12482]

Black belt represents knowledge not skill.

[@Hazama91350]

Judo and Jujitsu are brothers in fact, Jujitsu is the more pushed version of the Ne-Waza Judo

[@stuart4860]

you can't have it one way and not the other, its either ok for both or not............ if you have a BB in JJ, then you should wear it - gi or no gi, end of story

[@DaiquiriMan]

👍🏽

[@fgsf9]

😂😂😂👀👀😭😭no gi is obvousily better for mma I dont know many people in philly untrained who would ask that unless they are a fighter planning to fight brhhhh saying anything damn ...... Gi is however better in street fights frfr

[@tommynguyen6176]

FGSF9 yeah still good to do both no cap

[@tightjg2503]

I just figured that Gi is better for actual real fighting not mma witch is sport. Most the time in a real fight the person will be wearing clothes like at least jeans or something. Probably a jacket if Its kinda cold that's Gi to me. t-shirt & jeans advantage Gi guy. when you get locked up they pretty much give everyone shitty Gi's too. shitty county blue Gi's I call em lol. ill finish my black belt with Gi. Just a way better chance you won't be fighting butt naked. even in jail the other guy will have his Gi on when he comes to stab you in the shower.

[@outlawfly664]

Bunch of nonsense

[@tomcronininc]

Agree

[@mandril1]

There are no no-gi black belts. If you dont know anything about gi tecniques, spider, de la riva etc... you are not a real bjj black belt.

[@richarddavid5462]

Go to a 10th planet gym and tell the instructor that good luck

[@ismailmuhammad3522]

Well said